Microsoft adds Visual Search to Bing to compete with Google Lens Xiaomi Mi Pad...

 
 
 
Microsoft adds Visual Search to Bing to compete with Google Lens Xiaomi Mi Pad...

 
xda-developers
Jun 22, 2018 11:05 PM • by Doug Lynch
Microsoft adds Visual Search to Bing to compete with Google Lens
Microsoft Bing

While Microsoft is leading the pack when it comes to its Azure cloud platform, there are many areas where they seem to be stepping on the heels of Google. We recently highlighted the redesigned Microsoft News application with its overhauled UI and AI suggestions. This came shortly after Google launched the redesign of their news application. This week the company has announced another application that aims to take marketshare away from the Mountain View tech giant. This time, though, it's the addition of Visual Search to the Bing application so they can compete with Google Lens.

microsoft bing visual search

via The Verge

The new feature is embedded into many of the company's applications including Bing (Android and iOS), Microsoft Launcher on Android, and Microsoft Edge on Android. Once you initiate the feature in any of these applications you are then instructed to take a picture of something. Microsoft will try to identify the object in the scene. As you can see in the image above (and just like most people's experience with Google Lens right now) the results are hit and miss but it can be quite impressive and informative when it does get things right.

You're even able to isolate certain objects in the image so you can help the application to know what you want to search for. The demo video embedded below shows this in action with the user selecting only the jacket in an image. This is then demonstrated again with a scenery picture that first identified the tree in the background, but then the user isolated the dog in the photo and the software detected its breed. If what you're identifying is an actual product then, just like Google Lens, Microsoft's Visual Search feature will suggest similar items that it found from various retailers online.

Microsoft Bing Search (Free, Google Play) →


Source: Microsoft




Android Advices
Jun 22, 2018 3:22 PM • by Pavan Kumar B.C
Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 Press Release Surfaces online, will feature AI Face Unlock

After the Redmi 6 Pro smartphone, now official images of Mi Pad 4 from Xiaomi surfaces online in China. The handset is set to be introduced on 25th of June along with Redmi 6 Pro. The company already confirmed 8-inch display on the device and now it also confirmed that the Mi Pad 4 will be featuring AI Face unlock. The handset is rumored to be priced at 1499 Yuan in China (approx US$ 230) for the 4GB RAM variant while the bigger 6GB RAM variant could be priced at 1999 Yuan (approx US$ 307).

The tablet will feature 16:10 aspect ratio on its 8-inch screen although earlier news suggested it to be 18:9. Under the hood, there will be an Octa-Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) coupled with Adreno 512 GPU. This tablet will be available in 4GB + 64 GB storage option as well as 6GB + 128 GB. Out of the box, this device will be featuring Android 8.1 Oreo with the companies own MIUI on top.

Xiaomi MiPad 4 leaks

On the camera front, there is a 13MP camera sensor on the rear with an f/2 aperture size and it will be accompanied with a 5MP camera on the front with f/2.0 aperture while the sensor used here is Samsung S5K5E8 sensor. The tablet will feature a big 6000mAh battery on the rear and will also support 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11.ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), GPS, A-GPS, Bluetooth v4.0 and many more. There is a Type-C USB port and nothing is mentioned if it will be featuring fast charging technology.

Well, we need to wait for few more days for the company to officially announce this tablet into the market, where we will get the exact pricing of the device and also about the global availability. Are you interested in getting this Tablet? Comment in the section below and stay tuned to Android Advices for more news and updates.

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